| Posted by CSXNick on January 10, 2013 | |
Wow a little touch up paint is needed! This definitley show's that penn central was right around the corner.
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| Posted by pjflstc on January 10, 2013 | |
Hard to believe that 68 years before this pic was taken, Pennsylvania Railroad was the 2nd largest corporation in the world. Succeeded only by United States Steel. It's truly sad to see the fall of such a well respected dynasty.
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Look like one of the Nebraska Zephyr obs cars to the left.
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The state of the system upon my 17th birthday.
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@ CSXNick..... This was already a Penn Central train, the PC was already eight months old. Things started to seriously fall apart from Day One (Feb. 1, 1968). I lived about 25 miles from this photo location.
@ Jeff..... how interesting! I turned 17 just a week before you (and this pic) on Oct. 1, 1968.
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A little research has indicated that #4299 was probably pretty near the end of its career as this particular E8 was neither included in the large number of PC Es conveyed to Amtrak at its start-up, nor the smaller group of E8s that went to Boston's MBTA for regional commuter service. Still trying to check on a possible prolonged existence with New Jersy DOT for servicce on the North Jersey Coast Line.
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PennCentral, as well as many other Class I's, wanted to drop passenger service. The disinterest showed abundantly on the 4299.
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